ext_176843 ([identity profile] spoonless.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] spoonless 2010-10-13 07:30 pm (UTC)

Re: religious darwinists

Here's a specific example of a question I do not think science can answer:

How many kittens lives is worth one human life?

Or, perhaps more cynical, how many lives of poor people is worth the life of one rich person?

I think these are things that just come from people's basic intuitions and aesthetic sense. It's going to have a different answer in different cultures, and I'm not convinced there is one right answer that all cultures will converge to.

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